Social Media
Instagram, love it or hate it, is a key player in the social media game. With the ever-changing algorithms and fickle fans, I completely get that Instagram can seem like a fruitless way to spend your time. Why Instagram is still important To play devil’s advocate, Instagram is a great place…
Content Upgrade Challenge
Hiya, friends! Can you believe we are already at Part 3 of the Mediavine Content Upgrade Challenge? If you missed the first two parts, or perhaps are like me and just really love to binge a series, it’s not too late to get started on optimizing your posts for the gift…
Create
Update: The Create WordPress plugin has been acquired by one of its original engineers, John-Michael (JM) L’Allier. Now independently managed, Create remains in active development and continues to serve publishers under JM’s leadership. If you have any questions, please visit https://create.studio or email support@create.studio. Mediavine recently launched Create by Mediavine®, a custom WordPress…
General Blogging
Welcome, welcome to our second installment of the Mediavine Content Upgrade Challenge! I’m taking a quick break from answering emails to give you guys a bit of a walk-through on specific things to look for when you are doing a self-audit and want to make your content work its very hardest…
General Blogging
Changing blogging platforms is a big decision, and not one to take lightly. Our publisher Laurence Norah of Finding the Universe made the switch from Blogger to WordPress earlier this year, and offered to share his experience with us. Changing blogging platforms is a big decision, and not one to take…
General Blogging
Update: The Create WordPress plugin has been acquired by one of its original engineers, John-Michael (JM) L’Allier. Now independently managed, Create remains in active development and continues to serve publishers under JM’s leadership. If you have any questions, please visit https://create.studio or email support@create.studio. Today is a big day at Mediavine, as we…
Traffic Growth
Any time is a good time to optimize your content, which is why we’re here to introduce the Mediavine Content Upgrade Challenge! While many of us think of Q4 as the quarter where we make all our money, it’s important to know that advertising spend varies by the season. Contrary to…
Social Media
Let’s talk about one of the less sparkly and exciting, but very important, topics within the blogging world, shall we? Disclosure. It’s a word that gets people fired up and feeling all the feels. I get it, it feels clunky and like one more thing you have to check off your…
Advertising
Many of you remember the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) changes earlier this year. Or perhaps you’ve tried to block them out. Either way, a little over three months later, the sky has not fallen. After countless questions, Facebook Live sessions, discussions with lawyers and ad partners, Mediavine presented…
General Blogging
Heya fellow bloggers! I’m Lena Gott, blogger at What Mommy Does and blog coach at Adventures in Blogging. I hope you’re doing well and not too weary from a summer traffic slump (if you experience this like I do every year). In case you missed it, I did a joint video…
General Blogging
It goes without saying that a blogger’s content is their bread and butter. You want to both keep your readers on your site and encourage them to return in the future. Lightning-fast site speed and quality site design are great goals to strive for that help with this—but it goes without…
Advertising
Warning: This post may venture into the tech weeds, but it should bring to light some of the details behind the scenes of online advertising — specifically, what advertisers are looking for when purchasing your inventory, and how publishers benefit from it. What Are Cookies? Everyone has heard of cookies, especially…